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I started collecting football cards in 1968 and now have every major card set from the 1935 National Chicle set to the 1991 sets, including inserts and wrappers. Back in the beginning, I still remember getting my SCD in 1973 and ordering my card needs from Larry Fritsch and the anticipation of our mailman delivering the prized possession and completing my 1968 and 1969 sets. To this day, getting the 1969 Vince Promuto card to finish the set is still so vivid in my memory and I was so thrilled I will cherish it forever. Thank you, SCD!
A couple years later my twin brother and I branched out to game-used equipment. The latest copy of SCD arrived and we saw a collector selling a John Bateman Montreal Expos game-used cap. This started a passion of collecting game-used